Remus, twin brother of Romulus, slain for leaping in derision over the new walls of Rome, III, 41. Reproof, how administered, I, 136. Republic, the Roman; its glory, II, 2; the protectorate of the world, II, 27; its downfall, I, 35; II, 2-5, 29, 65; III, 2, 4, 83; the tyrant's sway, II, 23-29; III, 81-85; enslaved, III, 84-85. Retirement, the life of, I, 69-70. Rhodes, a large island off the coast of Caria, III, 50. Rhodian, a native of Rhodes, III, 50, 57; III, 63. Riches, the object of acquiring, I, 25; proper use of, I, 68; compared with virtue, III, 24; (_see_ Wealth). Roman, of or belonging to Rome, III, 58; people, I, 33; III, 79, 83-86, 105, 109, 114; the people of Rome, II, 75; celebrated for courage, I, 61; champion of justice, I, 36; II, 26; hatred of tyranny and injustice, III, 19; atonement for tyranny and injustice, II, 27-29; their enslavement, III, 85-86. Rome, the capital of the Empire and mistress of the world, I, 39, 40; III, 73, 79, 99, 112, 113. Romulus, the mythical king, founder of Rome, III, 40; builder of its walls; not justified in slaying his brother, III, 41. Roscius, Sextus, of Ameria, accused by Chrysogonus, a freedman of Sulla's, of murdering his father; bravely and successfully defended by Cicero at the age of twenty-six, II, 51. Rupilius, an actor otherwise unknown, I, 114. Rutilius; Publius Rutilius Rufus, a disciple of Publius Scaevola, II, 47; of Panaetius, III, 10; with Quintus Scaevola in Asia he repressed the extortion of the publicans, was banished, and devoted his life to philosophy and literature, III, 10. Sabine, belonging to the province of central Italy, III, 74; the Sabines, unfriendly to Rome till subdued and added to the empire (290), I, 35, 38. Sacred Laws; the _Leges Sacratae_, laws for the violation of which the offender was nominally consecrated to some god--i.e., laden with a curse, III, 111. Salamis, the island and straits directly in front of the Piraeus (_q.v._), where (480) Themistocles and the allied Greeks virtually annihilated the fleets of Persia, I, 61, 75. Sale, fraud in sale of real estate, III, 54-64; laws concerning, III, 65-71; of slaves, III, 71-72. Salmacis, a fountain (and nymph) at Halicarnassus, whose waters made men who drank them weak and effeminate, I, 61. Samnites, the brave, liberty-loving people of Samnium, a province of south-central Italy; after seventy-one years (343-272) of war with Rome admitted to citizenship, I, 38; famous for their victory at the Caudine Forks, III, 109; Gaius Pontius, II, 75. Sanitation; _see_ Health. Sardinia, the large island north of Sicily, made a province (238), misgoverned, II, 50. Satrius; Marcus Minucius Basilus Satrianus, adopted by Lucius Minucius Basilus, his inheritance, III, 74.